Industrialisation Engineer: Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Laing O'Rourke; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is recruiting a Manufacturing Engineer to define how products move from design intent into scalable production systems in its Sherwood, Nottingham facilities. You will balance process, people, equipment, automation and digital technologies to create repeatable, high‑quality production.

Strong emphasis on evidence‑based engineering guides decisions. Within the Advanced Manufacturing team, you will shape capabilities from concept to deployment, leveraging digital manufacturing and

Qualifications

• Experience developing or influencing manufacturing processes, production lines, cells or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Define manufacturing process architectures, production strategies and capacity models for new manufacturing capabilities.
• Develop facility layouts and production systems that integrate people, equipment, automation and material flow.
• Use simulation and digital manufacturing tools to evaluate and optimise production performance before implementation.
• Work with suppliers, integrators and internal stakeholders to develop and deploy manufacturing solutions.
• Support trials, commissioning and operational readiness activities.
• Validate manufacturing performance using data, testing and engineering evidence.

Skills

Process design

Production systems

Digital manufacturing

Simulation

Evidence-based engineering

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Manufacturing Engineering degree

Mechanical Engineering degree

Industrial Engineering degree

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE/DELMIA

Discrete-event simulation tools

Robotic simulation

Digital factory tools

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is recruiting a Manufacturing Engineer to define how products move from design intent into scalable production systems in its Sherwood, Nottingham facilities. You will balance process, people, equipment, automation and digital technologies to create repeatable, high‑quality production.

Strong emphasis on evidence‑based engineering guides decisions. Within the Advanced Manufacturing team, you will shape capabilities from concept to deployment, leveraging digital manufacturing and